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20-year-old woman held for abandoning her newborn baby girl

India, Feb. 3 -- The Khar police have detained a 20-year-old domestic help for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby girl in a refuge room between the 14th and 15th floors of a building in Khar on Sun... Read More


Activists see red as PMC proposes 10 per cent hike in property tax

India, Feb. 3 -- Even as political parties have promised a waiver on property tax for houses measuring up to 500 square feet, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) administration has proposed a 10% hik... Read More


Jewish trust moves HC over land in Panvel cemetery classified as 'residential'

India, Feb. 3 -- Six months after the Bombay High Court directed the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) to remove encroachments from a 200-year-old Jewish burial ground in Panvel, the Jewish Heritage ... Read More


13-yr-old boy dies after fall from Gurugram's Sector 69 high-rise

India, Feb. 3 -- A 13-year-old boy allegedly fell to his death from the terrace of a high-rise in Sector 69 on Sunday evening, police said, adding suicide is suspected. Police said the boy, a class 7... Read More


NCP opts out of PCMC mayoral race, seeks deputy mayor post from BJP

India, Feb. 3 -- The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has decided not to contest the Pimpri-Chinchwad mayoral election following the death of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, but is negotiatin... Read More


EOW, Bavdhan police file separate chargesheets against Tejwani, Taru in Mundhwa land deal case

India, Feb. 3 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has filed a 1,886-page chargesheet against Sheetal Tejwani in connection with the Rs.1,800-crore Mundhwa land deal case, a probe officer said on Monda... Read More


MCD starts process to recognise teachers' associations

India, Feb. 3 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has begun the process of accrediting teachers' service associations and have started inviting applications for recognition. This includes MCD teache... Read More


NHAI strengthens hillsides to curb accidents on Navale Bridge stretch

India, Feb. 3 -- Pune - Frequent accidents on the deadly Navale Bridge stretch, from Dari Pool bridge to Navale Bridge chowk on the Pune-Satara highway, have once again brought road safety concerns in... Read More


Lucknow Metro E-W Corridor project moves ahead: JV bags design consultant contract

India, Feb. 3 -- LUCKNOW In the first major step towards the construction of Lucknow Metro's long-awaited East-West Corridor, the UP Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) has declared AYESA Ingenieria y Arqu... Read More


Neeli Jheel could be Delhi's first Ramsar site

India, Feb. 3 -- The government is planning to get the 5.16 hectare Neeli Jheel at Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary notified as Delhi's first Ramsar site, environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa sai... Read More